Today's best photos: from a whale's tail to a gorilla loose at Comic Con

'The National' picks the most striking images from around the world

A southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is photographed at La Cantera beach near Puerto Madryn, Chubut Province, Argentina, on October 6, 2022. - At least 13 dead southern right whales appeared on the coast of the Golfo Nuevo and Península Valdez sanctuary, in northern Patagonia, in the past few days. The cause of their death is being investigated, the Whale Conservation Institute (ICB) reported. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP)

A Russian rocket sticks out of the ground in a forest near Oleksandrivka village, in Kherson region, southern Ukraine. AP

A teacher dries out books at a school heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian, in La Coloma, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba. AP

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, who is in a run-off for re-election, and his wife Michelle Bolsonaro in a light-hearted moment at news conference with political supporters at Alvorada Palace in Brasilia. Reuters

Participants pose for a photo at the European Summit in Prague, Czech Republic. Leaders from over 40 countries are meeting. AFP

Lesotho Independent Electoral Commission officials prepare at the Life High School in Maseru, ahead of parliamentary elections. AFP

Cuban Iyanifa Aimee Ibanez, hugs a fellow follower of the Afro-Cuban Santeria religion at the celebration of her anniversary as Iyanifa – a woman who undertakes divination rituals – in Havana's Los Sitios neighbourhood. AFP

Wheels of damaged cars waiting to be recycled at the Surplus Recyclage company in Gaillac, south-western France. AFP

The temporary installation of French artist Daniel Buren at the Liege-Guillemins railway station in Liege. AFP

A couple take shelter in an underground station during an air raid alert in Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine. AFP

A man in a gorilla costume runs through the Jacob K Javits Convention Centre, at the first day of New York Comic Con. Many people attend dressed as their favourite fictional character. EPA

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